"You can put your broom down now, its not full moon."
Elderly and eccentric Margaret Ross (Edith Evans) lives alone in a run down flat, alone but for the voices in her head. She does have a son, but Charlie (Ronald Fraser) only visits the house to stash stolen money. Unfortunately she finds some of it and tries to pay back the National Assistance for their help. Unfortunately an unscrupulous woman hears of the money and takes advantage. This results in Margaret being hospitalised. Not able to take care of herself, the National Assistance find her estranged and shiftless husband (Eric Portman), who left her 20 years previously, and persuade him to return...
Grime and loneliness ooze from the screen, in this tale about the vulnerability of age. Beautifully shot and with an understated score by John Barry.
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